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Henry  Harrissk's  name  is  connected  with  one  of  the  most 
ifudite  bibliographies  ever  published  ;  indeed,  according  to 
*ficolas  Triibner,  Harrisse's  "  Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetus- 
issima"   is  a  "work  unrivalled  in  its  extent,  accuracy,  and 
;omprehensiveness."     This  is  the  more  remarkable  because 
^arr^sse  had  no  bibliographic  training,  and  because  the  work 
n  question  was  his  first  attempt  in  this  field.     Before  under- 
aking  the  work  on  the  "  Bibliotheca  Americana,"  he  had  de- 
'^oted  himself  exclusively  to  art,  criticism,   and  the  history  of 
)hilosophy,  translating  into    English  and  annotating  all  the 
netaphysical  works  of  Descartes.     Being    unable  to  find   a 
jublisher  in  America  for  that  class  of  books,  he  turned  his 
ittention  to  other  subjects.    At  this  time — about  1864-65 — he 
nade  the  acquaintance  of  Samuel  Latham  Mitchill  Barlow, 
he  generous  collector  to  whose  munificence  bibliographical 
icience   is  indebted  for  this  splendid  publication.     Mr.  Bar- 
ow  shortly  before  had  bought  the  library  of  Colonel  Aspinwall 
:hat  was  destroyed  in  the  fire  which  consumed  the  premises 
3f  Bangs,  Merwin    &  Co.,  6g6  Broadway,  where  the  books 
were  temporarily  stored.     Fortunately,   Mr.   Barlow,  a  few 
days  before  this  disaster,  had  removed  to  his  house  a  number 
3f  the  rarest  treasures  in  the  collection.   Harrisse  was  tempted, 
by  the  aid  of  Mr.  Barlow's  rich  mine  of  invaluable  works,  to 
write  a  history  of  the  beginnings,  the  decline,  and  the  fall  of  the 
Spanish  Empire  in  the  New  World.    In  making  his  selections 


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among  the  many  works,  Harrisse  naturally  made  a i    "Bib 
nary  work  of  bibliography,  and  be  began  with  Co.   Work 
These  notes  were  first  published  in  two  instalments int;..^^2 
York   Commercial  Advertiser  under  the   title  of  "ColiJBher 
in  a  Nutshell."     Mr.  Barlow,  finding  that  these  noit    g*;  9 
eagerly  demanded  by  those  interested  in  the  subject,  p;    for 
that  they  be  reprinted  with  some  important  addition;   and 
Harrisse   in   preparing   the   additions   did  not  rest ;    of  P' 
with  the  material  in  Mi.   Barlow's  collection,  but  cor.    Ame 
also,  the  works  relating  to  the  period  in  such  other    153! 
nent  libraries  whose  owners  were  public-spirited  enon  first 
grant  access  to  their  treasures.     These  studies  were  k  Ram 
in  the  following  volume  :  *'  Notes  on  Columbus.    Nen    1550 
Privately  Printeu,     1866."     (vii4-227  p.  13  photographs    ogra 
99  copies,  of  which  2  were  on  India  paper.)    The     in 
consists  of  a  series  of  notes  and  extracts  from  rare  booi  title 
lating  to  Columbus,  with  numerous  valuable  biblioi^rj   desc 
and   historical   notes.      It  contains  also  an  account     auth 
poems,  eulogies,  essays,  etc.,  in  honor  of  Columbus,  a:   thei) 
treasury  of  fact  and  fancy,  relative  to  the  great  nav;;  «ive 
The  photographs  add  much  to  the  interest  of  the  book    nes 
consist  of  (i)  A  Portrait  of  Columbus  from  De  Bry.   (;    P"' 
notations  in  the  hand  of  Columbus  on  the  margin  of  i   don 
of  D'Ailly's  "  Imago  Mundi."     (3)  Recto  of  the  first  t  ^"^^ 
Plannck's  supposed  first  editio.i  of  Leander  de  CoscoV  ^^^^ 
translation  of   Columbus's  Letter  to    Raphael   Sanche;    >«  ^ 
Recto  of  first  leaf  of  Plannck's  supposed  edition  (corrt    list 
(5.  6)  Recto  of  first  and  last  leaf  of  Silber's  edition     ^^^ 
Letter.     (7,  8)  Recto  of  first  and  second  leaf  of  Guyo;    °P^ 
chand's  first  edition  of  the  Letter.     (9)  Verso  of  the  fir^ 
of  Guyot  Marchand's  first  edition.     (10)  Recto  of  the  (iii 
of  Guyot  Marchand's  second  edition.     (11)  Monument  r 
to  Columbus  at  Genoa  in  1854.     (12)  Annotations  in  the 
of  Columbus  on  page  22  of  .Eneas  Sylvius's  "  Historia; 
ub.que  gestarum,"  etc.     (13)  Las^.  page  of  an  autograph 
of  eolumbus.  . 

These  researches  inspired  Harrisse  to  prepare  a 
nue'lt  TJT":^'"  ^""''^  ^^'^^'"g  ^°  ^he  discovery,  th 
sixter'nth  ''*°''^'  °^  A'""''^^  down  to  the  mid-Ue 

■  ixteenth  century.     The  bibliographical  data  collected 
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"Bllfflbthcca    Americana   Vetustissima      A     Description    of 
Worki  relating  to  America    Published    Between   the   Years 
1492  and    1551.  .  .  .  New  York  :    George    P.    Philes,    Pub- 
lisher, MDCCCLXVI."     (8+liv. +519  p.  400  copies  in  roy. 
8*;  99  cojiies  in  4°;  and   10  copies  in  4°  on  Holland   paper, 
for  private  distribution.)      In  this   work  Harrisse    describes 
and  gives  the  collations,  mostly  from  personal  observation, 
of  p,o  less  than  304   important  and   rare    books  relating  to 
America,  published  in  various  languages  between  1492  and 
iSalj  commencing   with   the    "  Epiftola  Chriftofori  Colom," 
first  published  in   1493,  and   ending  with  the  first  edition  of 
Ramusio's  collection  of  voyages  published  anonymously  in 
1550.     As  a  specimen  of   Arierican  typography  this   bibli- 
ography has  never  been  surpassed.     The   titles  are  printed 
in    facsimile    letters,    and    where    woodcuts    appear   on    the 
title-page   they  are    also   given    in    facsimile.     Each  book  is 
described  at  length,  and  some  account  is  also  given  of  the 
author  and  his  labors,  the  various  editions  of  his  works  and 
their  differences  ;  and  as  all  the  books  described  are  of  exces- 
sive rarity,  Harrisse  gives  the  names  of  the  American  libra- 
ries in  which  they  were  to  be  found  on  the  4th  of  May,  1866,  the 
period  when  he  completed  his  labors.     "Had  Mr.  Harrisse 
done  no  more  than  here  stated  he  would  have  more  than 
fulfilled  all  the  duties  of  the  bibliographer  ;  but  he  has  gone 
further,  and  has  added  to  each  description  a  list  of  the  books 
in  which  information  may  be  found  regarding  the  works  thus 
listed.     Further,   knowing  how  important  it  often  is  to  the 
historian  and  to  others  to  consult  the  original  works  on  which 
opinions  and  statements  are  based,  he  carefully  gives  refer- 
ences, chapter  and  verse,  for  every  fact  he  states — thus  in  his 
first  description  of  the  letter  of  Columbus,  he  gives  no  less 
than  ninety-one  notes,  chiefly  references  to  works  consulted. 
Bibliographies  are  too  often  mere  dry  catalogues — transcripts 
of  title-pages  and  nothing  more.     This  volume  is  not  to  be 
classed  with  such  publications.     It  is  in  fact  a  history,  with- 
out which  no  future  American  historian  can  efficiently  per- 
form his  task.     Nay,  it  is  a  cyclop.-edia  of  facts  relating  to  the 
early  history  of  America,  without  which  no  large  library  can 
be  considered  complete.     In  his  introduction,  which,  by  the 
way,   contains   an   admirable   defence  of    Bibliography  as  a 
science,  the  author  enumerates  the  labors  of  his  predecessors 


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8  Henry  Harrisse 

in  the  same  field,  describing  their  works  and  giving! 
brief  account  of  their  history."*     In  view  of  all  this, 
noteworthy  that,  after  thirty  two  years,  the  small  edit; 
450  copies  that  was  offered  to  the  public  at  cost  price  i; 
yet  exhausted. 

Harrisse   in   1872    published    a    supplementary  vol. 
entitled  "  Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima    A  Descri] 
of  Works  relating  to  America,  Published  between  thel 
1492 and  1551:  Additions      Paris:  Librairie  Tross."   (4t 
199  p.     200  copies  in  8°,  50  copies  in  4°. )    This  volume  is 
properly  speaking,  a  continuation  of  its  predecessor 
series  of  notes  and  additions  "  intended  to  aid  towards  fori 
a  complete  list  of  works  relating  to  the  discovery,  hist 
and  geography  of  America,  printed  previous  to  the  yean 
It  contains  bibliographical  notes  gatheied  in  the  leadir; 
braries  of  Europe,  and  186  articles,  two-thirds  of  whid 
new.     The  other  third  is  composed  chiefly  of  descripti 
visu  of  extremely  rare  editions,  which  Harrisse  hadsuccii 
cited  on  the  authority  of  other  bibliographers,  or  publ 
only  in  the  appendix  to  the  "Bibliotheca  Americana  Vt| 
tissima." 

Harrisse  was  born  in  Paris  in  1830.     When  quite  yt| 

he  came  to  the   United  States  to  join  his  family,  and  i' 

South,  where  he  taught  modern  languages  to  support  hiii 

while  he  was  studying  law.     He  received  the  degree  of  i 

from  the  South  Carolina  College,  read  Blackstone  witli: 

Hon.  W.  W.  Boyce,  and  prepared  himself  for  the  bar  in 

Law   Department  of  the    North    Carolina    University.  : 

Hon.  Stephen  A.  Douglas  induced  him  to  settle  in  Chica, 

but  after  a  few  years  of  unrequited  efforts  as  a  lawyer,  ht 

moved  to  New  York  and  entered  the  office  of  the  late  N.D 

Ellin    vood  (at  59  Exchange  Place,)  at  that  time  one  of 

most  venerable  ar  d  learned  members  of  the  legal  profess 

Harrisse  is  still  entitled   to   plead    in   our   courts.     Tt 

years  ago  he  made  Paris  his  home.     Being  discourage 

the  treatment  which  his  works,  all  written  solely  to  pro. 

a  documentary  and  initial  knowledge  of  the  historv  of 

cmintry^e.ved  at  the  hands  of  the  American  public.  H 

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ology  at  the  Louvre,  under  his  friend   Professor  Mas- 
translated  several  papyri  from  the  Hieratic,  and  com- 
menced a  commentary  on  the  Heretical  Kings  of  the  xvinth 
dynasty.     At  Mr.  Barlow's  urgent  request  he  relinquished 
these  studies   and   returned   to   American   subjects,   toiling 
henceforth  and  unremittingly  and  gratuitously,  as  usual,  at 
the  task  of  clearing  up  obscurities  that  rest  upon  the  period 
of  American  discovery,  which  includes  the  voyages  of  Colum- 
bus, Vespucci,  the  Cabots,  and  Cortereal.     Notwithstanding 
his  sojourn  in  France,  he  retains  his  American  citizenship. 
On  the  occasion  of  the  Columbus  quarter-centenary,  Harrisse 
was  made  a  Knight  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  by  the  French 
Government.     Since  1854  he  has  published    sixty-nine   vol- 
umes md  pamphlets  in  English,  French,  Spanish,  and  several 
other  languages. 

The  following  is  a  short  title  list  of  his  bibliographical 
|writlngs : 

Th(  Dictionary  of  Philosophical  Sciences.  (Southern  Quarterly  Re- 
view, July,  1854.) 

An  Essay  on  the  Literary  Institution  best  adapted  to  the  present 
wants  and  interests  of  our  Country.    Columbia,  S.  C,  1858.    8°. 

French  Histories  of  France.    {North  American  Review,  January, 


^f'3.) 


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6. 


8. 

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10. 
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M.  Ernest  Renan.    A  Biographical  Essay.   New  York,  1864.     8°. 
Introduction  to  an  English  translation  of  Renan's  "  Etudes  d'histoire 
r  religleuse." 

Bibliotheca  Barlowiana.    New  York,  1&64.    12°.     (Privately  printed; 

four  copies  only.) 
letters  of  Christopher  Columbus  describing  his  First  Voyage  to  the 

Western  Hemisphere.    Texts  and  Translations.     New  York,  1865. 

Folio,  with  facsimiles.    (Privately  printed;  ten  copies  only.) 
Notes  on  Columbus.    New  York,  1866.    Folio,  with  plates.    (Privately 

printed.) 
Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima.     (See  title  above.) 
D.   Fernando  Colon,  Historiador  de  su  Padre;  Ensayo  CrJtico.    Se- 
ville, 1871.    4°. 
Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima.    Additions.    (See  title  above.) 
Notes  pour  servir  a  I'histoire,  a  la  bibliographie  et  a  la  cartographic  Ac 

la  Nouvelle  France  etdes  pays  ad  jacents.   1545-1700-    Pans,  1872.   8». 
A  bibliography  of  Canada,  with  documents  and  descriptions  of  manu- 
script maps,  up  to  1700. 
IS,    Introduction  de  la  Imprenta  en  America,  con  una  Bibliografia  de  las 

obras  impressas  en  aquel  hemisferii  desde   1540  a   1600.    Madrid, 

A  chapter,  enlarged,  of  the  "  Bibliotheca  Americana  Vetustissima." 


10 


Henry  Ilarrisse 


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13 


14 


Paris,  si. 


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i6. 


originally  published  under  the  following  title:  "A  Brief  Disquisitionil 
cerning  the  Early  History  of  Printing.  New  York:  Privately h\^ 
1866."    Imp.  8",  25  copies,  of  which  5  were  on  drawing  paper, 

Fernand  Colomb,  sa  vie,  ses  oeuvres.    Essai  critique. 

Large  8°. 
Lcs  Colombo  de  France  et  d'ltalie,  fameux  marins  du  .xvesikle;;i 

1491.     D'apr^s  des  documents  nouveaux  ou  inddits  tirfedesarc 

de  Milan,  de  Paris  et  de  Venise.  Mdmoire  lu  i  rAcademieils 

scriptions  et  belles-lettres  dans  ses  stances  des  iir  et  ismai; 

Paris,  1874.    4°.  ^o. 

L'Histoire  de  Christophe  Colomb  attribute  k  son  fils  Fernand. : 

amen  critique.     Paris,  1875.    8''.    (Separate  issue  of  articlesii 

Bulletin  de  la  Societe  de  Geographie.) 

Le  Voyage  de  Verrazzano.    Paris,  1876.    8°. 

Critical  review  of  the  work  of  the  Hon.  Henry  C.  Murphy, with' 
documents,  in  the  Revue  Critique. 

17.  Histoire  du  Chevalier  des  Grieux  et  de  Manon  Lescaut.   Biblii 

phie  et  notes  pour  servir  a  I'histoire  du  livre.    Paris,  1875.  8'.  ij 
vised  and  enlarged  ed.,  Paris,  1877.    8°. 

18.  Los  Restos  de  Don  Cristoval  Colon.     Disquisicion.     Seville, 

Small  4°. 

19.  Les  Sepultures  de  Christophe  Colomb.     Revue  critique  du  pn 

rapport  officiel  public  sur  ce  sujet.     Paris,  1879.    8°. 

20.  Jean  et  S^bastien  Cabot,  leur  origine  et  leurs  voyages,    ^tude 

toire  critique,  suivie  d'une  cartographie,  d'une   bibliograpbf 
d'unechronologie  des  voyages  au  Nord-Ouest,  de  1497  a  1559.  D'%^. 
des  documents  inddits.    Paris,  1882.     Large  8°.    With  facsiur 5^36. 
the  North  American  section  of  the  Cabotian  planisphere.        ^■, 

21.  Christophe  Colomb  et  la  Corse.    Observations  sur  un  decret  rte»v 

gouvernement  francais.     Paris,  1813.     8°.  37- 

22.  Les  Corte-Real  et  leurs  voyages  au  Nouveau-Monde.    D'apfc 

documents  nouveaux  ou  peu  connus  tirds  des  archives  de  I.isfc  •■  38 
et  de  Modfene,  suivi  du  textc  inddit  d'un  rdcit  de  la  troisieiii 
pdditionde  Caspar  Corte-Real  et  d'une  importante  carte  r.att) 
portugaise  de  I'annde  1502,  reproduite   ici  pour  la  premito 
Mdmoire  lu  a  I'Acaddmie  des  inscriptions  et   belles-lettres 
sa  sdance  du  ler  juin  1883.    Paris,  1883.    Large  8°,  with  facsiffiil 
the  American  section  of  the  Cantino  planisphere,  folded  in  a 
Gaspar  Corte-Real.    La  date  exacte  de  sa  derni^re    expdditio: 
Nouveau-Monde.    D'apriis  des  documents  inddits  recemment 
des  archives  de  la  Torre  do  Tombo  ^  Lisbonne.     Paris,  1883.  I' 
8°,  with  facsimiles. 
Christophe  Colomb,  son  origine,  sa  vie,  ses  voyages,  sa  familk  c 

escendants.    D'aprcs  des  Documents  inddits  tirds  des  archive 
We 


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25. 


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tinT**'  t  ^''''""*'' ''''  ^^"'""^  ""^  ^^  Madrid.    Etudes  d'histoire 
alog^cal  tTbles^^'*'    "^  ''°'""'^^'  '^'"K^  S°'  ^''^'^  "^^P'  P'^'^^'  ^"'^^' 

L'Originede 'christophe  Colomb. 
mentairc.    Paris.  1885.    8» 

7rinfed.r'''^''^""'^^'^Colombine.    Paris,  :885.    8^    (Pn. 


40. 


41. 


Ddmonstration  critique  eti 


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rsquisicion.     Seville,:-^'; 


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evue  critique  du  prd 
,  1879.    8°. 
irs  voyages,    ^tudeil 
,  d'une   bibliograpb& 
aest.de  1497  a  1559.  Di- 
rge 8°.    With  facsiniiT->:'  36, 
an  planisphere.         *   : 
5ns  sur  un  decret  rte  i, 

'eau-Monde.    D'apt'- 
ies  archives  de  LiskSj;  38. 
I  rdcit  de  la  troisieK    ■' 
mportante  carte  nar 
:i  pour  la  premiere 
nii  et   belles-lettres: 
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derni^re   expdditic:       39. 

in^dits  recemment 
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Jyages,  sa  famille  e: : 
its  tirds  des  archive        41. 
•     Etudes  d'histoire. 
h  map,  plates,  and  p 

ration  critique  eti 

■is,  1885.    8".    (PriR 


La  Colombineet  Cldment  Marot.    Paris,  1886.  8°.  (Privately  printed.) 

Gnindeza  y  decadencia  de  la  Colombina.    Seville,  1886.    12". 

Controversial  articles  reprinted  from  the  Spanish  papers. 

Excerpta  Colombiniana.  Bibliographic  de  quatre  cents  pieces 
pothiques,  franfaises,  italiennes  et  iatines  du  commencement  du 
seizi^me  sifecle,  non  ddcrites  jusqu'ici.  Pr&edde  d'une  histoire  de 
la  Tiibliothfeque  Colombine  et  de  son  fondateur.  Paris,  1887.  8°. 
With  facsimiles  of  original  types  and  illustrations. 

Le  Quatri^me  centenaire  de  la  deScouverte  du  Nouveau-Monde.  Let- 
tre  adressde  ft  Son  Excellence  le  Ministre  de  I'lnstruction  publique 
du  royaume  d'ltalie.  Par  un  Citoyen  Amdricain.  Genoa,  1887. 
Large  8°. 

^hristophe  Colomb  et  Savone.  Verzellino  etses  "  Memorie."  Etudes 
d'histoire  critique  et  documentaire.     Genoa,  1887.    8°. 

Christopher  Columbus  and  the  Bank  of  Saint  George.  New  York 
and  London,  1888.  Large  4°,  with  plates  and  facsimiles.  (Privately 
printed.) 

Christoph  Columbus  im  Orient.  Leipzig,  1888.  8°.  (Separate  issue  of 
an  essay  published  in  the  Centralblatt  fiir  Bibliotheksiuesen.) 

Cristoforo  Colombo  e  gli  orientali.  Genoa,  1889.  8°.  (Separate  issue 
of  an  Italian  version  of  the  above,  published  in  the  Giornalc  Li- 
gustico^ 

Document  inddit  concernant  Vasco  da  Gama.  Relation  addressee  il 
Hcrculed'Este,  ducde  Ferrare.  Paris,  1889.  8°.  (A-r  A^ozz^,  pri- 
vately printed.) 

The  late  Samuel  Latham  Mitchill  Barlow.  Introduction  to  the  C  a- 
logue  of  his  American  Library.  New  York,  1889.  8°.  (Separate 
issue,  with  corrections  and  portrait.) 

Christophe  Colomb,  Ies  Corses  et  le  gouvernement  fran9ais.  Paris, 
1890.    8°. 

Cristo/oro  Colombo  e  il  Banco  di  S.  Giorgio.  Saggio  storico-critico 
sui  rapporti  del  grande  navigatore  con  quell'  istituto;  sull'  uffizio 
e  sulle  operazioni  di  banco  nel  medio  evo  e  dimostrazione  docu- 
mentata  dell'  origine  di  Colombo  dalla  citt^  di  Genova  sulla  base  di 
inediti  o  poco  noti  documenti.  Genova,  a  spese  del  Municipio,  1890. 
Folio,  with  plates  and  facsimiles.  (For  private  distribution  by  the 
City  Council  of  Genoa.) 

Nouvelles  recherches  sur  I'histoire  de  I'Amdrique.  Paris,  1890.  8°. 
(Separate  issue  of  an  article  published  in  the  Revue  Historitiue.) 

Qui  a  imprimd  la  premiere  lettre  de  Christophe  Colomb  ?  Leipzig, 
1892.  8".  (Separate  issue  of  a  critical  dissertation  published  in  the 
Centralblatt  fiir  Bihliothekswesen.') 

The  Discovery  of  North  America.  A  Critical,  Documentary,  and 
Historic  Investigation,  with  an  Essay  on  the  Early  Cartography  of 
the  New  World,  including  descriptions  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty 
Maps  or  Globes,  existing  or  lost,  constructed  before  the  year  1536. 
To  which  are  added  a  Chronology  of  One  Hundred  Voyages  West- 
ward, Projected,  Attempted,  or  Accomplished  between  1431  and 
1504;  Biographical  Accounts  of  the  Three  Hundred  Pilots  who  first 
crossed  the  Atlantic;  and  a  copious  List  of  the  Original  Names  of 


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44. 

45. 

46. 
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48. 
49. 

50. 

51. 


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64- 


American  Regions,  Caciqueships,  Mountains,  Islands,  Capes,Gt ; 
Rivers,  Towns,  and  Harbors.    Paris,  H.   Welter,  1892.  Large,' 
with  twenty-three  facsimiles  ot  ancient  charts  and  globes. 
ChristopheColombdevantrHistoire.    Paris,  1892.   8°. 
Colomb  n'est  pas  n€  k  Savone.  (Article  in  the  Revue  Historigui^;^ 

vember-December,  1892.) 
Christophe  Colomb  et  ses  historiens  espagnols.    Paris,  1892.  8',  (^ 

arate  ibsue  of  an  article  published  in  the  lievtte  Critique.) 
Auiographes  de  Christophe  Colomb  rdcemment  ddcouverts.  Pari 
1893.    8».    (Separate  issue  of  an  article  published  in  the /fm<  flu 

torique.) 
CoiombetToscanelli.    Paris,  1893.    8°.    (Separate  issue  of  an  artiti 

published  in  the  Revue  Critique.) 
Introduction  to  Christopher  Columbus's  Own  Book  of  PrivilejR 

1502,  compiled  and  edited  by  B.  F.  Stevens.    London,  1893.  Foi 

(Separate  issue;  only  twenty  copies  printed,  for  distribution.) 
The  early  Paris  editions  of  Columbus's  first  "  Epistola."   Leipi;; 

1893.  8°.    (Separate  issue  of  an  article  in  the  Cetitralblatt  ji 
Ribliothekswesen,  translated  into  English.) 

,    A  propos  d'un  manuscrit  du  ministfere  des  affaires  dtrangeres.  Pari 

1894.  (Separate  issue,  8°  and  folio,  with  additions  of  an  article (; 
lished  in  the  Revue  Critique.) 

Christophe  Colomb  et  les  acad^miciens  espagnols.  Notes  pour  sen.; 
i  I'histoire  de  la  science  en  Espagne  au  xixe  siecle.  Paris,  iJjt 
Small  8». 
Stibastien  Cabot,  navigateur venitien.  Paris,  1859.  8°.  (Separatcis:= 
of  a  series  of  articles  published  in  Drapeyron's  Revue  de  >,.. 
gra/iJiie.) 
Pro  Academia  Hispaniensi.    Paris,  1895.    8°.    (Separate  issue  oi  v 

article  in  the  Revue  Critique.) 
Lettre  de  Christophe  Colomb  annon9ant  aux  rois  catholiqucs  la  dcM. 
verteduNouveau-Monde.    Bibliographic  de  la  version  latine.  Paro 
1894.    12°.    (Reprinted  from  Cetitralblatt /iir  Bibliothekswesn\ 
Americus  Vespuccius.    A  Critical  and  Documentary  Review  ofTw 
recent  English  Books  concerning  that  Navigator.    London,  189: 
Fcap.  4°. 
.    John  Cabot,  the  Discoverer  of  North  America,  and  Sebastian  his  Sot 
A  Chapter  of  the  Maritime  History  of  England  under  the  Tudori 
London,  1896.    8°. 
Un  nouveau  globe  verrazanien.    Paris,  1895.    8°.    (Separate  issue  of  a- 

articla  published  in  Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Gco)rra/>kie.) 
La  cartographic  verrazanienne.    Paris,  1896.   8°.    (Separate  issue  of  a: 

article  published  in  Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Geographie.) 
L  Abbd  Prevost.    Histoire  de  sa  vie  et  de  ses  ceuvres.    (Documents 

nouveaux.)    Paris,  1896.    12°. 
Un  Americanum  rarissime.    Paris,  1897.     8°.    (Separate  issue  of »« 
^article  published  in  the  Bulletin  du  BiblioMtile.) 
'.ncorelaB.bliothfcqueColnmbine.    Paris,  1897.     8°.    (Separate  issu: 
of  an  art.cle-published  in  the  Revue  Critique  ) 


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61.    Sdbastien  Cabot  considere 


comme  cartographe.   Paris,  1897.    8°.  (Scp- 


JiSC 


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Henry  Harnsse 


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arate  issue  of  an  article  published  in  Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Gio- 
grajihie.) 
The  Discovery  of  North  America  by  John  Cabot.    The  alleged  date 
and  landfall.    New  York,  1897.    Small  8".    (Separate  issue  of  an  arti- 
cle published  in  the  Forum.) 
The  Discovery  of  North  America  by  John  Cabot,    \_Atso^  The  Ship's 
Name  the  "Matthew"  a  Forgery  of  Chatterton?    Third  edition, 
revised  and  enlarged.    London,  1897.    Small  8°. 
The  Date  of  Cabot's  Discovery  of  the  American  Continent,  and  an 
alleged  Forgery  of    Chatterton.    A  Rejoinder.    (Reprinted   from 
Notes  and  Queries.)    London,  1897.    12°. 
S6bastien  Cabot,  Pilote-Major  d'Espagne,  considere  comrae  Naviga- 
teur.    Paris,  1897.    8°.    (Separate  issue  of  an  article  published  in 
Drapeyron's  Revue  de  Geographie.)    With  a  map. 
L'atterrage  de  Jean  Cabot  au  continent  Americain  en  1497.    A  memoir 
read  before  the  Konigl-Gesellschaft  der  Wissenschaften  of  Gottin- 
gen,  and  extracted  from  its  Nachrichten.    Giittingen,  1897.    8°. 
The  Diplomatic  History  of  America:  its  first  chapter,  1452-1493-1494. 
London,  1897.    12°,  with  a  comparative  map,  drawn  by  the  author. 
Did  Cabot  return  from  his  Second  Voyage  ?    (Reprinted  from  The 

American  Historical  Review  ior  Apr\\,iig%.    pp.  449-455-)    8°. 
The  Outcome  of  the  Cabot  Quarter-Centenary.     (Article  in    The 

American  Historical  Review,  October,  ligZ.    pp.  38-61.)    8". 
L.-L.   Boilly,    peintre,  dessinateur  et  lithographe.      Sa  vie   et    son 
oeuvre,  1761-1845.     Suivis  d'une  description  de  douze  cents  pein- 
tures,  dessins  et  lithographies  de  cjt  excellent  artiste.    4to,  with 
twenty-five  facsimiles.    {Ingress.) 
D^couverte  et  6volution  cartographique  de  Terre-Neuve,  1497-1501- 
1700.    Large  4to,  with  forty  maps,  drawn  by  the  author.    (In  prep- 
aration.) 
It  may  be  interesting  to  add  that  all  these  works,  besides 
peveral  others,  representing  forty-four  years  of  close  study 
ind  hard  labor,  have  yielded  to  Mr.  Ilarrisse  less  than  three 
lundred  dollars  all  told.     Further,  he  never  was  fortunate 
5nough  to  find  a  publisher  in  America  willing  to  undertake 
Ithe  publication  of  a  single  book  written  by  him,  although 
[offered  in  every  instance  as  a  gift. 


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